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SEATTLE: Smart phones running Microsoft Corp's new software are now available for AT&T Inc and T-Mobile USA customers. The phones will compete with Apple Inc's iPhone and an expanding number of phones with Google Inc's Android system. The first batch of handsets are made by Samsung Electronics Co. of Korea and HTC Corp of Taiwan. Microsoft's older smart phone software lost market share against more modern competitors.

NEW YORK: Nokia Siemens Networks, a provider of fixed and wireless telecom gear, is exploring options to sell a controlling stake in the firm which could be worth about USD 2 billion, says a media report. The company, a 50:50 joint venture between Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia Corp and engineering giant Siemen AG , is now facing a string of losses and shrinking customer base. "Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) is considering selling a controlling stake in the four-year-old venture, which could be worth about USD 2 billion based on a 51 per cent stake," The Wall Street Journal reported citing a source.

LONDON: Telecoms and French glassmaker Saint-Gobain kept European stocks aloft on Tuesday, but markets slipped off their highs by the close as Wall Street began to retreat. The telecom sector, already one of this year's best performing groups, hit its highest level since April 2002. It ended up 1.1 per cent to 271.08 points. Deutsche Telecom, Europe's largest fixed line phone carrier, ended up nearly one per cent after it said its key T-Mobile USA unit added 1.02 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, as it benefitted from a rule change to grab customers from its rivals.

LOS ANGELES ? Google Inc's employees are testing a new mobile device that runs on the company's Android operating system, as the search giant continues its push into the wireless market and toward more direct competition with Apple Inc's iPhone. In a blog post Saturday, Google said the new device combines hardware built by an unnamed partner with its Android software. The free software is crucial in Google's efforts to make its search engine and other services as accessible on cell phones as they already are on personal computers.

NEW YORK: Nokia Siemens Networks, a provider of fixed and wireless telecom gear, is exploring options to sell a controlling stake in the firm which could be worth about $2 billion, says a media report. The company, a 50:50 joint venture between Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia Corp and engineering giant Siemen AG, is now facing a string of losses and shrinking customer base. "Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) is considering selling a controlling stake in the four-year-old venture, which could be worth about $2 billion based on a 51% stake," The Wall Street Journal reported citing a source.

NEW YORK: Sprint Nextel Corp and Samsung Electronics Co said they will sell a $49.99 "eco-conscious" phone with a casing of biodegradable plastic made partly from corn. Several manufacturers have made "green" phones, but they have generally been bare-bones devices, like Motorola Inc's Renew, carried by T-Mobile USA. Nokia Corp.'s Evolve is also a simple, low-end phone and lacks the backing of a US carrier. The new Samsung Reclaim is a more fully featured phone, sporting a slide-out alphabetic keyboard, e-mail and Web access, a camera and GPS navigation.

NEW YORK: Hot on the heels of the Nintendo 3DS game device and its 3-D screen, AT&T plans to launch a smartphone with a 3-D screen and a dual-lens camera for 3-D snapshots. AT&T Inc. on Monday said that the LG Thrill 4G will be released in the US in the next few months. It didn't say what the touch screen phone would cost. The Thrill will run Google Inc.'s Android software and will be able to play games and YouTube clips in 3-D, AT&T says.

MISSOURI: One of the big complaints lodged against wireless phone companies is poor signal quality inside buildings, especially homes. Sprint Nextel Corp is trying to overcome that obstacle with a device that boosts wireless signals indoors and directs the calls over the Internet. The Airave, which Sprint will begin selling today in its stores in parts of Denver and Indianapolis, increases cell reception over an area of about 465 square metres and can handle up to three calls at once.

NEW YORK: T-Mobile USA on Tuesday will launch the first cell phone in the U.S. to come with Microsoft's latest version of Windows Mobile, with improved handling of e-mail and tougher security. The T-Mobile Wing costs $299 with a two-year contract and runs Windows Mobile 6, Microsoft Corp.'s latest operating system for "smart" phones, which handle e-mail, documents and Web browsing in addition to phone calls. It's a competitive space: Microsoft is trying to translate its dominance in PC software into an advantage versus Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry, Palm Inc.'s Treo and Apple Inc.'s soon-to-launch iPhone.

NEW YORK: AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA on Tuesday announced flat rate plans for unlimited calls in the United States, raising investor concerns that a price war could break out and sending shares lower. Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group, said early on Tuesday it had started offering unlimited calls for $99.99 a month. AT&T followed with a similar plan, while T-Mobile USA went a step further by including unlimited texts as well as calls for the same price.